Clothes-pin.



C. S. BUTTERFIELD,

CLOTHES PIN. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5. 1912. RENEWED use. 9. 1914. I

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CHARLES S. BUTTERFIELD, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CLOTHES-PIN.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1915.

Application filed March 5, 1912, Serial No. 681,751. Renewed December 9, 1914. Serial No. 876,361.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. BUTTER- FIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clothes pins, and has for its object to secure the clothes in a suspended position without having them in contact with the line, thus avoiding soiling the clothes.

Heretofore, it has been customary to ban the clothes over the line, which is constantly exposed to the weather, and secure the same thereon with the pins, said pins spanning the line and exerting a pressure upon the clothes. By the use of the pin constituting the present invention, the clothes are suspended at a distance from the line by spring coils constructed of non-rustable material.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective of a clothes line illustrating the present invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of a pin setting forth the manner in which the same is secured to the line. Fig. 3 is an end elevation thereof.

The clothes pin forming the subject matter of the present invention consists of a wire of suitable cross section, constructed of non-oxidizing material, formed in two or more coils surrounding or encircling the clothes line, and terminating at each end in transverse spring coils, adapted to embrace and secure by holding the clothes. This pin is made of wire having suflicient flexibility and resiliency to embrace the clothes line with such tenacity as not to slip thereon accidentally, and in order that the coils may spread to engage and properly retain the clothes.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 indicates generally a clothes line of any suitable material and construction, upon which the pins forming the subject matter of the present invention are permanently secured. A single strand 11 of resilient, nonoxidizing wire, encircles the line 10 and engages the same through the instrumentality of the plurality of coil 12 thus formed. The coils 12 engage the line 10, with sufficient tenacity, due to resiliency or spring of the wire 11, to prevent the accidental slipping of the pins on the line. The terminals of the wire 12 assume dependent positions upon opposite sides of the line 10, and are bent upon themselves to form the spring coils 13 which are adaptedto engage and retain the clothes.

The clothes pin can be quickly connected to the clothes line, after the line is attached and is held to the supporting posts by grasping one of the coiled ends 13 and placing one of the coils 13 and the shank 11 on one side of the line at the required anglethereto, and

turning the pin around the line until the three loops 12 surround the line as shown in Fig. 2. The pin may be removed from the line by reversing the operation. g It will be noted that the coils 13 are 10- cated upon opposite sides of the line 10, thus causing the clothes to assume a staggered positlon by the engagement thereof by a pin, thus increasing the security with which the clothes are retained. The proximity of elements of the coils 13' insure the positive and secure engagement of the clothes thereby.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to sea cure by United States Letters Patent, is

A clothes pin formed from a single piece of the wire and at one side of said axis, said coils extending at right angles to the common axis of the spaced loops, and adapted to clamp and supportclothes, said clothes pin being adapted to be connected to the clothes line by placing one of the coils upon one side of the clothes line and turning the pin until the pin is suspended from the line.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES S. BUTTERFIELD. Witnesses:

FLORA HALL, F. M. MULLINS.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. I 1 

